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| Authors: Ron Ben-natan, Richard Gornitsky, Tim Hanis, Ori Sasson
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Pages: 552
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0764539914
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.04
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EAN: 9780764539916
Publication Date: June 25, 2004
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 Excellent resource for new and experienced portal teams April 13, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anyone who is involved with WebSphere Portal should have this book on their shelf. This book covers a broad spectrum of portal topics that make it valuable when researching a problem or designing a portal solution. If you are just starting out with portal you may want to skim one or two of the chapters (such as chapter 5) which is relevant in theory but may not be accurate for the latest released versions of the software. Many of the other chapters are right on, covering topics such as JSR 168 and WSRP which are continuing to grow both in capability and interest. Enjoy!
An excellent source of information April 12, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A extremely useful resource for getting started with Websphere Portal!
 Great! (For a Paperweight) March 23, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Avoid this book at all costs! The title suggests that this book will help you "master" WebSphere Portal by giving you "expert" guidance. Nothing could be further from the truth! If the authors of this book were masters or experts of the subject, they certainly did not excel at presenting their expertise in book form. The writing is disjointed at best, as if the authors were passing pen and paper around a campfire, creating an improvised story. The text is full of typographical errors. The images (mostly screenshots) are even blurry, almost illegible at times. This book was definitely thrown together in a hurry with no regard for quality or accuracy. The content barely brushes the surface of various topics dealing with WebSphere Portal. There is no "mastery" demonstrated. I am very fortunate that the company expensed this book for my team. I would have hated to sink a single cent into this kindling. Stick to free online documentation where you can find it.
Get a free IBM redbook February 27, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Is one of worst books I've ever read. Save your money and get the WebSphere redbooks from the IBM website. This book is not even finished, a lot of stuff is left half explained or not explained at all. Either the authors don't know what they talk about or they were just in a rush to put this book on the market.
 Might well be the best WebSphere Portal book out there... August 10, 2004
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
WebSphere Portal (WP) is becoming a major technology, but there's still not a lot of books out there to help you understand and implement it. I had a chance to review Wiley's Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal by Ron Ben-Natan, Richard Gornitsky, Tim Hanis, and Ori Sasson. Having done some work with Portal, I can say I wish I had this book a lot sooner. It would have saved me some headaches.
The chapter breakdown: Introducing WP; Installing WP on Windows 2000 Server; Installing WP on Linux; Customizing WP; Installing WP Tools and Problem Analysis; Migrating to WP Version 5.0; Defining Portals and Pages; Tailoring the Portal Web Design; WP Personalization; Portal Administration; Document and Content Management within WP; Adding Collaboration and Search Components to Your Portals; Extending Portal Functionality: Portlets; Portlet Programming Model and API; WebSphere Portlet Development Environment; Portlet Development; Portlet Interactive Debug and JSR 168 Example; Struts Portlet Framework; Implementing Authentication for Large Enterprises; Integrating Security and Identity Management Tools with WP; Designing High Availability into Your Portal Server; WP Support for Web Services and Remote Portlets; Integrating External Applications with WP; Supporting Mobile Users; Index
As you can see from the list of chapters, there's a lot of information that spans many different roles. There's the administration processes, the development processes, security processes, and architecture. Regardless of what part of WP you are dealing with, you'll find something of interest in here. The authors are well-versed and experienced in WP developement and implementation, so it's not a rehash of "here's what the instructions tell you to do". Plenty of illustrations and code samples will help you quickly get to where you need to be.
From a development perspective (since that's my area of expertise), I appreciated the different looks at portlet development. I know that Struts is becoming a de facto standard, but it's hard to find information on how to integrate that into a portlet program. They cover that here. They also cover the differences between the WP API and the JSR 168 standards for development, which is very nice.
Basically, it's one of the most up-to-date books on WP that is currently on the market, and between it and the IBM redbooks you should be able to come up with a successful portal implementation.
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